Grace Ariola

Grace Ariola
Grace Ariola is an American swimmer from Bloomington, Illinois. She competes for Waves Bloomington/Normal YMCA.
High School
Grace ranked as Swimswam's #17 recruit of the class of 2018. Even though she wouldn't go on to graduate until a full year later, Ariola committed to swim for the Texas Longhorns in May of 2017. She competed at the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 50m and 100m free and 100m and 200m back, her highest finish coming in the 100m back where she placed 9th in semi finals, just missing the final heat. At the 2017 Phillips 66 Summer Nationals, Grace placed 8th in the 50m free (25.03), 6th in the 50m back (28.43), 11th in the 100m back (1:00.66), and won the 18-under final of the 100m free (55.05).
International
2015 World Junior Championships
Grace was a member of the national junior team beginning in 2015 when she traveled with team USA to Singapore for the 2015 World Junior Championships, where she swam the 100m and 200m backstroke. In the 100m back she made it to her first international final, ultimately ending up 8th place with a personal best of 1:01.10. In the 200m back she placed 17th (2:15.54), missing out on the finals. She …